In the Midwest.

Muslim Leads His Own Pack

February 27, 1996|By Gary Borg.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN — A Muslim man who was rejected as leader of a church-sponsored Cub Scout pack has started his own group.

Umar Abdul-Mutakallim, 49, leads Pack 295, sponsored by Spring Valley Elementary School. He has recruited boys whose parents were angered by what happened at Haven Reformed Church in November. The pack first met in January.

Under the charter of the Boy Scouts of America, sponsoring organizations have a right to set rules for leadership. The church rejected Abdul-Mutakallim because he is not Christian.